intestine (subs.) Copy link Outline I. In special sense; a gut, bowel1. intestīnum2. intĕrāneum (less. freq.)3. interna, orum (only pl.)4. īlia, ium, pl. (the flank, loins; hence, the lower i.s, esp. of certain animals, considered a delicacy)5. lactis, is, f., very rare in sing.; the smaller i.s, in man or a sheep; the same organs were in other animals called hillae, arum, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200.II. In wider sense, the internal parts generally1. exta, orum (the upper organs; heart, lungs, liver, etc.)2. viscĕra, um (including the whole of the vitals, upper and lower) • intestine (subs.): I. In special sense; a gut, bowel: 1. intestīnum: usu. in pl.: by the contraction and expansion of the i.s, adstringentibus se int., tum relaxantibus., Cic. N. D. 2, 55, 138: Cels. 2. intĕrāneum (less. freq.): Plin. 32, 9, 33: more freq. pl., Col.: Plin. 3. interna, orum (only pl.): Veg. 4. īlia, ium, pl. (the flank, loins; hence, the lower i.s, esp. of certain animals, considered a delicacy): the i.s of a turbot, rhombi i., Hor. S. 2, 8, 30: Mart. 5. lactis, is, f., very rare in sing.; the smaller i.s, in man or a sheep; the same organs were in other animals called hillae, arum, Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 200. II. In wider sense, the internal parts generally: 1. exta, orum (the upper organs; heart, lungs, liver, etc.): Cic. Div. 2, 12, 28, sqq. 2. viscĕra, um (including the whole of the vitals, upper and lower): cf. Plin. 11, 37, 77, where it is stated that the exta are separated from the lower part of the viscera by the diaphragm: but Cels. does not include the intestines in the viscera, cf. 4, 11, init., a visceribus ad intestina veniendum est. (Exta seems to have been a priestly term for what were in other relations called viscera.)